Environmental Physical Science, Composite Major B.BS.ENPS

Environmental physical science is a field of study that includes study of environmental problems such as water quality and management, contaminant chemistry and monitoring, land reclamation, waste treatment, land-use planning, soil testing, hazardous waste disposal and energy management and production.

Required Core

GEOL 201 - Physical Geology 3 semester hours
GEOL 201L - Physical Geology Laboratory 1 semester hours
GEOL 203 - Historical Geology 3 semester hours
GEOL 203L - Historical Geology Lab 1 semester hours
GEOL 340 - Mineralogy/Petrology 4 semester hours
GEOL 490 - Seminar 3 semester hours
MATH 123 - Calculus I 4 semester hours
MATH 125 - Calculus II 4 semester hours

Take two of the following science sequences (16 credits):

BIOL 151 - General Biology I 3 semester hours
BIOL 151L - General Biology I Lab 1 semester hours
BIOL 153 - General Biology II 3 semester hours
BIOL 153L - General Biology II Lab 1 semester hours
CHEM 112 - General Chemistry I 3 semester hours
CHEM 112L - General Chemistry I Lab 1 semester hours
CHEM 114 - General Chemistry II 3 semester hours
CHEM 114L - General Chemistry II Lab 1 semester hours
PHYS 211 - University Physics I 4 semester hours
PHYS 211L - University Physics I Laboratory 1 semester hours
PHYS 213 - University Physics II 4 semester hours
PHYS 213L - University Physics II Laboratory 1 semester hours

Take four of the following courses:

GEOE 322 - Structural Geology (at SDSM&T)

GEOL 310 - Volcanology 3 semester hours
GEOL 321 - Conservation of Natural Resources 3 semester hours
GEOL 350 - Environmental Geology 3 semester hours
GEOL 370 - Hydrogeology 3 semester hours
GEOL 392 - Topics 3 semester hours
GEOL 491 - Independent Study 1 to 3 semester hours
SCI 388 - Global Positioning & Geographical Information Systems 3 semester hours
SCI 494 - Internship 1 to 16 semester hours

Take two of the following courses:

You may not choose both BADM 220 and MATH 281.

BADM 220 - Business Statistics 3 semester hours
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 semester hours
ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 semester hours
MATH 225 - Calculus III 4 semester hours
MATH 281 - Introduction to Statistics 3 semester hours
MATH 315 - Linear Algebra 3 semester hours
MATH 316 - Discrete Mathematics 3 semester hours
MATH 321 - Differential Equations 3 semester hours

System Gen Ed Requirements (SGRs) - 30 semester hours

ENGL 101
ENGL 201
SPCM - Gen Ed - Speech (1 class) - 3 semester hours
MATH - Gen Ed - Mathematics (1 class) - 3 semester hours
Gen Ed - Social Science (2 classes from different subjects) - 6 semester hours
Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities (2 classes from different subjects or a foreign language sequence) - 6 semester hours
Gen Ed - Natural Sciences & Lab (2 classes/corresponding labs) - 6-8 semester hours

Electives required

A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 120 hours, of which 36 hours must be 300-400 level courses.

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